Donate

Politics of Saudi Arabia

A woman wearing a black veil puts her blocks her face standing in a department store.

At the Riyadh mall, Saudi women sell everything from lingerie to popcorn. Meet the kingdom’s new workforce.

A Troubled Kingdom

At the Riyadh mall, it’s evident that work culture is evolving in Saudi Arabia. Today, more young people — especially women — are doing nontraditional jobs once eschewed by the kingdom’s residents.   

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, attends a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on March 26, 2015.

Here’s the royal family you should really be watching

Global Politics
King Abdullah

Looking back on the life of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah

Global Politics

Can Obama’s Saudi visit save a deteriorating relationship?

Global Politics

Can Obama’s Saudi visit save a deteriorating relationship?

Global Politics

Saudi woman who broke laws by driving granted reprieve

Shaima Jastaniah showed her independence last summer by driving. The simple act by her and other Saudi Arabian women broke the law, and Jastaniah was sentenced to 10 lashes for it. She was pardoned by the Saudi king, but police said they’d lash her anyway. Now the police have reversed course.

Women Join Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council: Change Can’t be Forced, Needs ‘to Grow Roots’

Conflict & Justice

This month King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia kept his promise and appointed women to the Shura Council for the first time. The council is a non-voting, advisory body. But the inclusion of women is significant.

Assessing Discontent in Saudi Arabia

The stock market in the Arab world’s wealthiest country has seen a consistent slide over the past week. Jitters in Saudi Arabia are almost certainly related to calls for protests in the country to reform the royal government into a constitutional monarchy.  Several groups have sent petitions to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz with requests for […]

The World

Saudi Arabia tackles high divorce rate

Lifestyle & Belief

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is becoming increasingly concerned about a growing divorce rate there and so t he government is reportedly considering making pre-marriage courses compulsory for couples about to tie the knot

Assessing Discontent in Saudi Arabia

The stock market in the Arab world’s wealthiest country has seen a consistent slide over the past week. Jitters in Saudi Arabia are almost certainly related to calls for protests in the country to reform the royal government into a constitutional monarchy.  Several groups have sent petitions to King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz with requests for […]